Belt-fastener



(No Model.)

'J. BOUGHER.

, BELT FASTBNER.

Patented Sept. 21,1897.

vwe 14 50 a Juli m Boucbqm wit wa es UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIEN BOUOHER, OF GREENVILIJF. JUNCTION, MAINE.

BELT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,356, dated September 21, 1897.

Application filed October 26, 1896. Serial No. 610,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIEN BOUC-HER, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Greenville Junction, in the county of Piscataquis and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to belt-fasteners; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the belt-fastener. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same, taken on the line w w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view showing a modification of the belt-fastener, and Fig.

1 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line y y in Fig. 3.

A and B in Figs. '1 and 2 are the end portions of a leather belt.

0 is a metallic plate provided with projecting pins 0, having heads 0. D is a similar plate provided with pins cl, having heads 01.

E are holes in the plates 0 and D, large enough for the heads d and c to pass through, and e are slots opening into the holes E and of a size adapted to fit the pins 0 and d.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the fastener is shown applied to a leather belt. lVhen the ends of the belt are in abutment, the heads 0 and d are slipped through holes a and b in the end 3 5 portions of the belt and through the holes E of the respective plates 0 and D. The ends of the belt are then moved apart, so that the pins 0 and cl slip into the slots 6. In this position the heads of the pins and the plates 40 hold the end portions of the belt securely fastened together.

When india rubber or canvas belts are used, it is preferable to use the modified fastener shown in Figs. 3 and 4 to avoid tearing the belt. In this case the plates 0 and D are curved instead of being flat, and only one plate 0 is provided with pins 0, having heads a. The other plate D has holes E and slots 6 for the pins 0 to engage with, as hereinbefore described.

What I claim is- A belt-fastener comprising two plates, each plate having connecting-pins upon one end thereof and keyhole-slots upon the opposite end, the keyhole-slots in the two plates extending in opposite directions and the pins of each plate engaging the slots of the other when the plates are in operative position.

In testimony whereof I affix: my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J ULIEN BOUOHER.

Witnesses:

J. H. RIOPELLE, CHAs. D. SHAW. 

